Category Archives: materials

Periodically we get all geeked over here about our c and c machine. Typically it’s when we are designing and cutting new shapes, products or technologies. We used a high speed camera that could capture the snowboard wood core being cut out in slow motion, and here is what it...

Here is a short little video of sidewall material getting profiled on the CN C machine. The sidewall profile must match the core profile, minus the thickness of the edge key in order to get a correct press. 2012-11-05 09.59.47 from Monson Snowboards on Vimeo. Like this:Like Loading......

In 1999 we were building our snowboards with die cut aluminum tip and tail protectors. You can see the funny old video below we made back in the late 90’s to see them. When we were having a hard time bonding the aluminum we went sought after a chemist who...

Now that we have committed to leaving California, there are lots of things we won’t miss. There are however a few things we will, the beach, the nice weather, fast food at every corner and the diversity. What we are going to miss the most are the rad neighbors we...

As production continues to heat up, our factory is beginning to drown in raw materials as shown by today’s deliveries. We are excited about parts showing up from CDW, ISO Sport, Vectorply and Stratta Forest. We still have more shipments coming from ISO Sport, La-Es, CDW, Composites one and Revchem...